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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Microfilm

Description of Series

Houston Public Library, Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers:

An Inventory of her Microfilmed Records at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library


Descriptive Summary

CreatorCunningham, Minnie Fisher
TitleMinnie Fisher Cunningham Papers
Inclusive Dates1914-1944
Bulk Dates1914-1920
IdentificationMss 0074
Extent:9 rolls of microfilm
LanguageMaterials are in English.
Repository:Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library

Biographical Note

In 1915 Minnie Fisher Cunningham, an active clubwoman and popular speaker, became President of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association. It was a major step in the lifetime of reform movements and political involvement at both state and national levels that included participation in the organization of the League of Women Voters, management of the Women's National Democratic Club, and a candidacy for governor of Texas in 1944.

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Scope and Contents

The Cunningham Papers contain extensive correspondence and records of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association from efforts to amend the state constitution to the campaign for ratification of the 19th amendment and all the local and county crusades in between. The collection is invaluable to the study of the women's movement in Texas from 1915 to 1920. T.E.S.A. and Mrs. Cunningham also initiated such projects in support of World War I as Liberty Loan drives and food conservation and they vigorously contributed time and money to state wide anti-vice efforts. The papers include a chronicle of these projects as well as materials related to the promotion of several political candidates. The impeachment of Jim Ferguson and the subsequent election of William P. Hobby to the governorship in 1918 were due in part to the work of Mrs. Cunningham and the Texas Equal Suffrage Association.

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Arrangement
In an effort to provide the most useful organization for the researcher, arrangement is primarily topical and may include several types of materials within a grouping. The papers begin with national, then state, suffrage correspondence and materials and these make up the major portion of the collection. Under the heading of Texas Equal Suffrage Association there is general and city correspondence, correspondence by county, correspondence with speakers and organizers, correspondence concerning specific state and federal amendment efforts, and correspondence with T.E.S.A. officers. Political, anti-vice, war programs and several miscellaneous subjects follow. The researcher is advised that although a division by topics seemed the most manageable approach, much overlapping of campaigns and purposes requires careful consideration of the container list and perhaps a search of more than one subject area. Political materials, for example, are often closely associated with suffrage efforts.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

None.

Use Restrictions

None.

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Index Terms

Subjects
Brewers--Texas
Democratic National Convention (1920: San Francisco)
Elections--Texas
Prison reformers--Texas
Prohibition--Texas
Prostitution--Texas
Suffragists--Texas--Houston
United States--Constitution--19th Amendment
Vice control--Texas
Women Labor Union Members--Texas
Women--Suffrage--Texas
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Texas
Organizations
Democratic Party (Tex.)
Houston Equal Suffrage Association
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Texas Social Hygiene Association
Texas Woman Suffrage Association
National Council of Defense
Anti-Saloon League of Texas
Texas Women's Democratic League
Women's Christian Temperance Union (Tex.)
Other Names
Ames, Jessie Daniel
Beveridge,Edna
Blanton, Annie Webb
Blanton, Thomas
Brackenridge, Eleanor
Briggs, Clay Stone
Cade, Anna B.
Catt, Carrie Chapman
Cunningham, Minnie Fisher
Curtis, Nannie Webb
Eagle, Joe H., 1870-1963
Elkins, J. A.
Engle, Lavinia
Ferguson, James Edward, 1871-1944
Green, Rena Maverick
Hobby, William P.
Hogg, Will
McCallum, Jane Y.
McLemore, Jeff
Metcalfe, C. B.
Neff, Pat
Pennybacker, Anna J.
Potter, Elizabeth Herndon
Reppert, Vernice W.
Sells, Cato
Sheppard, Morris
Speer, Elizabeth
Speer, Ocie
Thomasen, R. E.
Ward, Hortense

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Administrative Information

Prefered Citation

Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.

Processing Information

Completed by Pam Barron May 31, 1978.

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 Microfilm 

The Cunningham collection was microfilmed as part of a cooperative effort between the Houston Metropolitan Research Center and the University of Houston Special Collections and Archives. As part of the project, the University of Houston produced these microfilm copies for use by HMRC patrons. The original documents in this collection are available through the University of Houston Special Collections and Archives.

Roll 1: Folders 1-31

Roll 2: Folders 32-65

Roll 3: Folders 66-110

Roll 4: Folders 111-148

Roll 5: Folders 149-198

Roll 6: Folders 199-247

Roll 7: Folders 248-293

Roll 8: Folders 294-337

Roll 9: Folders 338-359

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Detailed Description

 

BoxFolder
11National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), general correspondence: 1915-1916.
2National American Woman Suffrage Association: general correspondence, 1917.
3National American Woman Suffrage Association: general correspondence, 1918.
4National American Woman Suffrage Association: general correspondence, 1919.
5National American Woman Suffrage Association: newsletters from Carrie Chapman Catt, 1915-1916.
6National American Woman Suffrage Association: newsletters from Carrie Chapman Catt, 1917.
7National American Woman Suffrage Association: newsletters from Carrie Chapman Catt, 1918-1919.
8National American Woman Suffrage Association: correspondence with Carrie Chapman Catt, 1916-1917.
9National American Woman Suffrage Association: correspondence with Carrie Chapman Catt, 1918-1919.
10Leslie Woman Suffrage Comission: correspondence, 1917.
11Leslie Woman Suffrage Comission: correspondence, 1918-1919.
12The Woman Citizen: correspondence relating to subscriptions and information for publication, 1917-1919.
13National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company: general correspondence, 1916-1919.
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214National American Woman Suffrage Association: press releases and bulletins, 1916.
15National American Woman Suffrage Association: press releases and bulletins, 1917.
16National American Woman Suffrage Association: press releases and bulletins, 1918.
17National American Woman Suffrage Association: press releases and bulletins, 1919.
18National American Woman Suffrage Association: press releases, undated.
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319National American Woman Suffrage Association: constitution; suffrage publications; outlines.
20National American Woman Suffrage Association: suffrage campaign material.
21National American Woman Suffrage Association: convention programs, reports, songs, ballot, 1915-1917.
22National American Woman Suffrage Association: convention programs, reports, addresses, 1918-1920.
23National suffrage organizations: Literature, Men's League for Woman Suffrage; miscellaneous printed materials.
24Printed speeches on woman suffrage.
25Photographs: Mrs. B. Burke and Miss R. Richardson
26Suffrage clippings: national
27Suffrage clippings: Congressional consideration of federal amendment.
28Record of Congressional voting: federal amendment, Jan. 10, 1918; Presidential suffrage friends and enemies.
29State Suffrage Associations: Alabama, Arkansas, California - correspondence.
30State Suffrage Associations: Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana - Correspondence.
31State Suffrage Associations: Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri - correspondence, press releases.
32State Suffrage Associations: New York, Oklahoma - correspondence, press releases.
33State Suffrage Associations: South Dakota, Virginia, West Virgina, Wisconsin - correspondence.
34Suffrage clippings: state.
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435Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "A".
36Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "B".
37Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, Eleanor Brackenridge, 1917-1920.
38Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "C".
39Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, Anna B. Cade, 1916-1919.
40Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, Belle C. Crichett, El Paso, 1917-1919.
41Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, 1917-1919, "D".
42Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Mrs. John Davis, correspondence concerning finances of organization, 1917-1919.
43Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917, "E".
44Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "F".
45Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General correspondence, 1917-1919, "G".
46Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Lena Gardner, Ft. Worth, correspondence, 1917-1918.
47Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Rena Maverick Green, San Antonio, correspondence, 1917-1918.
48Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Wilhelmina M. Guirard, Houston, correspondence, 1917.
49Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General correspondence, 1917-1918, "H".
50Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Francis E. Heafer, Amarillo; Kate Hunter, Palestine, correspondence, 1917-1918.
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551Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General correspondence, 1917, "J".
52Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "K".
53Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "L".
54Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "M".
55Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "Mc".
56Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Jane McCallum, Austin; Elizabeth Maury, San Antonio, correspondence, 1917-1918.
57Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917, "N".
58Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1916-1918, "P".
59Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Elizabeth Herndon Potter, correspondence concerning federal amendment and personal to MFC, 1917.
60Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Elizabeth Herndon Potter, correspondence concerning federal amendment and personal to MFC, 1918-1919.
61Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "Q".
62Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "R".
63Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917, "S".
64Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1918, "S".
65Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "T".
66Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917-1918, "U-V".
67Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1916-1919, "W".
68Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Writer's Bureau, correspondence, 1915.
69Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General Correspondence, 1917, "Y-Z".
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670Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Austin Association, correspondence, 1917-1918.
71Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Dallas Association, correspondence, 1917-1918.
72Texas Equal Suffrage Association: El Paso Association, correspondence, 1917-1918.
73Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Houston Association, correspondence, 1917-1918.
74Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Huntsville and Laredo Associations, correspondence, 1917-1918.
75Texas Equal Suffrage Association: San Marcos and Waco Associations, correspondence, 1917-1918.
76Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence, Anderson County, 1918-1919.
77Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Angelina County, 1918-1919
  • Aransas County, 1918-1919
  • Archer County, 1918-1919
78Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Armstrong County, 1918-1919
  • Atascosa County, 1918-1919
  • Austin County, 1918-1919
  • Bailey County, 1918-1919
79Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Bandera County, 1918-1919
  • Bastrop County, 1918-1919
80Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Baylor County, 1918-1919
  • Bee County, 1918-1919
  • Bell County, 1918-1919
81Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Bexar County, 1918-1919
  • Blanco County, 1918-1919
  • Borden County, 1918-1919
82Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Bosque County, 1918-1919
  • Bowie County, 1918-1919
  • Brazoria County, 1918-1919
83Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Brazos County, 1918-1919
  • Brewster County, 1918-1919
  • Briscoe County, 1918-1919
84Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Brooks County, 1918-1919
  • Brown County, 1918-1919
  • Burnet County, 1918-1919
  • Caldwell County, 1918-1919
  • Calhoun County, 1918-1919
85Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Callahan County, 1918-1919
  • Cameron County, 1918-1919
  • Cass County, 1918-1919
86Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Castro County, 1918-1919
  • Chambers County, 1918-1919
  • Cherokee County, 1918-1919
  • Childress County, 1918-1919
  • Clay County, 1918-1919
  • Cochran County, 1918-1919
  • Coke County, 1918-1919
87Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Coleman County, 1918-1919
  • Collin County, 1918-1919
  • Collingsworth County, 1918-1919
  • Colorado County, 1918-1919
  • Comal County, 1918-1919
  • Comanche County, 1918-1919
88Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Concho County, 1918-1919
  • Cooke County, 1918-1919
  • Coryell County, 1918-1919
89Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Cottle County, 1918-1919
  • Crockett County, 1918-1919
  • Crosby County, 1918-1919
  • Culberson County, 1918-1919
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790Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Dallam County, 1918-1919
  • Dallas County, 1918-1919
  • Dawson County, 1918-1919
  • Deaf Smith County, 1918-1919
  • Delta County, 1918-1919
  • De Witt County, 1918-1919
  • Dimmit County, 1918-1919
  • Donley County, 1918-1919
91Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Duval County, 1918-1919
  • Eastland County, 1918-1919
  • Ector County, 1918-1919
  • Edwards County, 1918-1919
  • Ellis County, 1918-1919
92Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • El Paso County, 1918-1919
  • Erath County, 1918-1919
93Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Falls County, 1918-1919
  • Fannin County, 1918-1919
  • Fayette County, 1918-1919
  • Fisher County, 1918-1919
  • Floyd County, 1918-1919
  • Fort Bend County, 1918-1919
  • Franklin County, 1918-1919
94Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Freestone County, 1918-1919
  • Frio County, 1918-1919
  • Gaines County, 1918-1919
  • Galveston County, 1918-1919
95Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Garza County, 1918-1919
  • Gillespie County, 1918-1919
  • Glasscock County, 1918-1919
  • Goliad County, 1918-1919
  • Gonzales County, 1918-1919
  • Gray County, 1918-1919
  • Grayson County, 1918-1919
  • Gregg County, 1918-1919
96Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Grimes County, 1918-1919
  • Guadalupe County, 1918-1919
  • Hale County, 1918-1919
  • Hall County, 1918-1919
  • Hamilton County, 1918-1919
  • Hansford County, 1918-1919
  • Hardeman County, 1918-1919
  • Hardin County, 1918-1919
97Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Harris County, 1918-1919
  • Harrison County, 1918-1919
  • Hartley County, 1918-1919
  • Haskell County, 1918-1919
  • Hays County, 1918-1919
98Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Hemphill County, 1918-1919
  • Henderson County, 1918-1919
  • Hidalgo County, 1918-1919
  • Hill County, 1918-1919
99Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Hockley County, 1918-1919
  • Hood County, 1918-1919
  • Hopkins County, 1918-1919
  • Houston County, 1918-1919
  • Howard County, 1918-1919
100Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Hunt County, 1918-1919
  • Jack County, 1918-1919
  • Jackson County, 1918-1919
  • Jasper County, 1918-1919
  • Jeff Davis County, 1918-1919
  • Jefferson County, 1918-1919
  • Jim Hogg County, 1918-1919
  • Jim Wells County, 1918-1919
101Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Johnson County, 1918-1919
  • Jones County, 1918-1919
  • Karnes County, 1918-1919
  • Kaufman County, 1918-1919
102Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Kendall County, 1918-1919
  • Kerr County, 1918-1919
  • Kimble County, 1918-1919
  • Kleberg County, 1918-1919
  • Knox County, 1918-1919
  • Lamar County, 1918-1919
103Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Lamb County, 1918-1919
  • Lampasas County, 1918-1919
  • La Salle County, 1918-1919
  • Lavaca County, 1918-1919
  • Lee County, 1918-1919
  • Leon County, 1918-1919
104Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Limestone County, 1918-1919
  • Lipscomb County, 1918-1919
  • Llano County, 1918-1919
  • Loving County, 1918-1919
  • Lubbock County, 1918-1919
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8105Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Lynn County, 1918-1919
  • McCulloch County, 1918-1919
  • McLennan County, 1918-1919
  • Madison County, 1918-1919
  • Marion County, 1918-1919
  • Martin County, 1918-1919
106Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Mason County, 1918-1919
  • Matagorda County, 1918-1919
  • Maverick County, 1918-1919
  • Medina County, 1918-1919
107Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Menard County, 1918-1919
  • Milam County, 1918-1919
  • Mills County, 1918-1919
  • Mitchell County, 1918-1919
  • Montague County, 1918-1919
  • Montgomery County, 1918-1919
  • Moore County, 1918-1919
108Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Motley County, 1918-1919
  • Nacogdoches County, 1918-1919
  • Navarro County, 1918-1919
  • Newton County, 1918-1919
  • Nolan County, 1918-1919
  • Nueces County, 1918-1919
  • Ochiltree County, 1918-1919
109Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Oldham County, 1918-1919
  • Orange County, 1918-1919
  • Palo Pinto County, 1918-1919
  • Panola County, 1918-1919
110Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Presidio County, 1918-1919
  • Rains County, 1918-1919
  • Randall County, 1918-1919
  • Real County, 1918-1919
  • Red River County, 1918-1919
  • Reeves County, 1918-1919
  • Refugio County, 1918-1919
111Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Roberts County, 1918-1919
  • Robertson County, 1918-1919
  • Runnels County, 1918-1919
  • Rusk County, 1918-1919
112Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Sabine County, 1918-1919
  • San Augustine County, 1918-1919
  • San Patricio County, 1918-1919
  • San Saba County, 1918-1919
  • San Jacinto County, 1918-1919
  • Schleicher County, 1918-1919
113Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Scurry County, 1918-1919
  • Shackelford County, 1918-1919
  • Shelby County, 1918-1919
  • Sherman County, 1918-1919
114Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Smith County, 1918-1919
  • Somervell County, 1918-1919
  • Starr County, 1918-1919
  • Stephens County, 1918-1919
  • Stonewall County, 1918-1919
115Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Sutton County, 1918-1919
  • Swisher County, 1918-1919
  • Tarrant County, 1918-1919
  • Taylor County, 1918-1919
  • Terrell County, 1918-1919
  • Terry County, 1918-1919
116Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Throckmorton County, 1918-1919
  • Titus County, 1918-1919
  • Tom Green County, 1918-1919
  • Travis County, 1918-1919
117Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Tyler County, 1918-1919
  • Trinity County, 1918-1919
  • Upshur County, 1918-1919
  • Upton County, 1918-1919
  • Uvalde County, 1918-1919
  • Val Verde County, 1918-1919
  • Van Zandt County, 1918-1919
118Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Victoria County, 1918-1919
  • Walker County, 1918-1919
  • Waller County, 1918-1919
  • Ward County, 1918-1919
119Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Washington County, 1918-1919
  • Webb County, 1918-1919
120Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Wharton County, 1918-1919
  • Wheeler County, 1918-1919
  • Wichita County, 1918-1919
  • Wilbarger County, 1918-1919
121Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Reports and Correspondence
  • Williamson County, 1918-1919
  • Wilson County, 1918-1919
  • Winkler County, 1918-1919
  • Wise County, 1918-1919
  • Wood County, 1918-1919
  • Yoakum County, 1918-1919
  • Zavalla County, 1918-1919
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9122Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - Outline for County Campaign; Lists of County Chairmen; Suffrage Associations by Counties; Record of County Population; Map.
123Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - County Chairmen, Texas Democrat; List of addresses; Status of County Chairmen; Mailing list; Senatorial District List.
124Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational Materials - Lists of state newspapers; Lists of Men Supporting Suffrage; List of Texas Women interested in "Forward Movements"; Misc. lists.
125Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - City lists of Men opposed to Suffrage amendment.
126Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - County lists of Men Opposed to State Suffrage amendment, Armstrong-Floyd.
127Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - County lists of Men Opposed to State Suffrage amendment, Hale-Lubbock.
128Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - County lists of Men Opposed to State Suffrage amendment, Martin-Pecos.
129Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - County lists of Men opposed to state suffrage amendment, Patten-Wheeler.
130Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - Lists regarding distribution of literature.
131Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Organizational materials - State Advisory Committee; Texas Senatorial Districts; Senatorial District Chairmen; Mailing list, Ratification committee; Mailing list, City presidents.
132Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Legislative Report, 1918; List of Board Members; Constitution.
133Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Lists of Suffrage literature; Misc. lists.
134Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Clippings, primarily concerning county suffrage efforts.
135Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Clippings, primarily concerning local suffrage efforts.
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10136Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Marie B. Ames, 1919.
137Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Edna H. Beveridge, 1919.
138Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Frances E. Brewer, 1919.
139Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Lavinia Engle, ca. 1917-1918.
140Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Augusta Hughston, 1919.
141Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Mona S. McMahon, Alma Sasse, 1919.
142Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speakers and Organizers, correspondence with Lala Trax, Gertrude Watkins, 1919.
143Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, A-B, 1919; Reports, April 7-May 23, 1919.
144Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, C, 1919.
145Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, D-G, 1919.
146Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, H-K, 1919.
147Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, L-M, 1919.
148Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, N-P, 1919.
149Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, R-T, 1919.
150Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence, W, 1919.
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11151Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence with legislators, 1919.
152Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, form letters, 1919.
153Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, correspondence and lecture information, 1917-1918.
154Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, expense accounts - Ames, Beveridge, Brewer, 1919.
155Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, expense accounts - Cunningham, Hughston, 1919.
156Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, expense accounts - Sasse, Tips, Trax, others, 1919.
157Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, clippings.
158Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Speaker's Bureau, list of county chairmen.
159Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Headquarters Expenditures, 1918-1919.
160Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Financial Statements, 1918-1919.
161Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, newspapers, The Dallas News, Galveston News , Houston Chronicle, Houston Post, 1917-1919.
162Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, newspapers, relating to distribution of suffrage supplement, 1919.
163Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence and records, newspapers, relating to distribution of Texas Democrat, 1919.
164Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Newspaper records by county; correspondence, Texas Press Clippings Bureau.
165Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Clippings, Galveston News.
166Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Clippings, Houston Chronicle.
167Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Clippings, Houston Post.
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12168Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Circular Letters, 1915-1916.
169Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Circular Letters, 1917.
170Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Circular Letters, 1918.
171Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Circular Letters, 1919.
172Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Circular Letters, undated.
173Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Federal suffrage amendment efforts, December 1917, general correspondence, circular letters.
174Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Federal suffrage amendment efforts, 1918, general correspondence, circular letters.
175Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Federal suffrage amendment efforts, January 1918, telegrams.
176Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Federal suffrage amendment efforts, miscellaneous correspondence, 1919.
(for correspondence with E. H. Potter concerning federal amendment efforts see Folders 59-60)
177Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Federal suffrage amendment efforts, correspondence, May 1919.
178Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Federal suffrage amendment, ratification, correspondence, June 1919.
179Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General correspondence relating to Texas constitutional amendment referendum, May 1919.
180Texas Equal Suffrage Association: General correspondence relating to legislative efforts to amend election laws, June 1919.
181Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Miscellaneous materials relating to campaigns for federal and state suffrage amendments.
182Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Information concerning congressional districts and Texas congressmen.
183Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Clippings concerning federal and State Suffrage amendments, 1917-1919.
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13184Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Primary Suffrage, general correspondence, 1918.
185Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Primary Suffrage, materials.
186Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Primary Suffrage, correspondence relating to the injunction to prevent Texas women from voting, 1918.
187Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Primary Suffrage, clippings relating to threatened injunction and to voter registration, 1918.
188Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Correspondence, Vernice W. Reppert, 1917-1918.
189Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Correspondence, Vernice W. Reppert, 1918-1919.
190Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Correspondence, Anna J. Pennybacker, 1917-1918.
191Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Correspondence, Jesse Daniel Ames, 1918.
192Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Correspondence, pamphet; contract, Donna Roberts, 1917-1918.
193Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Correspondence, Hortense Ward, 1917-1918.
194Texas Equal Suffrage Association Officers: Clippings and photographs, Hortense Ward.
195Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence and materials relating to Mississippi Valley Conference, 1917and 1918; Correspondence relating to Chautaugua, 1918.
196Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Correspondence, materials relating to state conferences, May 1915, May 1916, May 1917, May 1918, October 1919.
197Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Report, Sept. 1, 1916 - November 1, 1917; Outline of the History of Woman Suffrage in Texas.
198Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Suffrage lists.
199Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Suffrage resolutions.
200Texas Equal Suffrage Association: Miscellaneous materials, notes, unidentified correspondence.
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14201Political correspondence: Jess Baker; Carlos Bee, 1916-1918.
202Political correspondence: Eugene Black, Thomas Blanton, 1916-1919.
203Political correspondence: W. J. Bryan; J. P. Buchanan, 1917-1919.
204Political correspondence: B, 1916-1919.
205Political correspondence: M. M. Crane; Tom Conally; C. A. Culberson, 1917-1919.
206Political correspondence: Henry Clark; C; D; 1917-1919.
207Political correspondence: Joe Eagle; 1917-1919.
208Political correspondence: J. A. Elkins, 1918-1919.
209Political correspondence: F; G, 1917-1919.
210Political correspondence: W. L. Hill; W. C. Hogg; H, 1917-1919.
211Political correspondence: Marvin Jones; Thomas King, 1917-1919.
212Political correspondence: L, 1917-1918.
213Political correspondence: C. B. Metcalfe; J. C. McNealus, 1917-1919.
214Political correspondence: Jeff McLemore; M; P, 1917-1919.
215Political correspondence: Morris Sheppard, 1917-1919.
216Political correspondence: Ocie Speer; Hatton V. Summer, 1917-1919.
217Political correspondence: S, 1917-1919.
218Political correspondence: T; U, 1917-1919.
219Political correspondence: W, 1917-1919.
220Political correspondence: Y, 1917-1919.
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15221Political correspondence: Legislative replies to Jane McCallum's request for support for suffrage, December 1918.
222Political contests: Childers - Chambliss, correspondence and campaign materials, October - November, 1918.
223Political contests: Clay Stone Briggs - W. L. Hill, correspondence, campaign materials, July 1918.
224Political contests: Glasscock - Parr, correspondence, campaign materials, October 1918.
225Political contests: Annie Webb Blanton, correspondence with Miss Blanton, 1917-1918.
226Political contests: Annie Webb Blanton, correspondence, reports, materials relating to campaign for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1918.
227Political contests: James Ferguson, correspondence and materials relating to, 1917-1918.
228Political contests: James Ferguson, clippings.
229Political contests: William P. Hobby, campaign correspondence, April - August, 1918.
230William P. Hobby: General correspondence, 1914-1919.
231Political contests: William P. Hobby, Galveston campaign materials, minutes of campaign committee meetings.
232Political contests: William P. Hobby, campaign petitions.
233Political contests: William P. Hobby, miscellaneous campaign material, lists of Ferguson supporters.
234Political contests: William P. Hobby, publicity materials.
235Political contests: William P. Hobby, clippings, 1918.
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16236Political contests: Correspondence, various candidates, 1918.
237Political contests: Reports on candidates, 1918.
238Political contests: Publicity materials, various candidates, 1918.
239Political contests: Clippings, various candidates, 1918.
240Political lists: Texas legislators - voting records, etc.
241Political lists: County chairmen - various campaigns.
242Political lists: Congressional Districts.
243Political lists: Congressional Districts.
244Political lists: U.S. Congressional suffrage vote, 1917; miscellaneous lists.
245Miscellaneous political materials: Suffrage endorsements; campaign instructions; Legislative bills; Resolutions.
246Suffrage handouts and literature.
247Miscellaneous suffrage materials.
248Suffrage poems and songs.
249Miscellaneous suffrage correspondence.
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17250Anti-vice: Correspondence, outlines and reports - Brownsville and Texas border, Dallas, 1917.
251Anti-vice: Correspondence, lists and reports - Ft. Worth, Galveston, 1917.
252Anti-vice: Correspondence, reports - Houston, San Antonio, 1917.
253Anti-vice: Correspondence, lists of prostitutes and panderers, reports - Waco, other towns, 1917.
254Anti-vice: General correspondence, A-C, 1917.
255Anti-vice: General correspondence, D-G, 1917.
256Anti-vice: General correspondence, H-L, 1917.
257Anti-vice: General correspondence, M-P, 1917.
258Anti-vice: General correspondence, R-T, 1917.
259Anti-vice: General correspondence, Elizabeth Speer, 1917-1918.
260Anti-vice: General correspondence, War Department, 1916-1918.
261Anti-vice: General correspondence, V-Z and anonymous letters, 1917.
262Anti-vice: General correspondence, Mary D. Woodson, 1917-1918.
263Anti-vice: General correspondence, Chicago Law and Order League; Council of Jewish Women, 1917.
264Anti-vice: General correspondence, Texas Social Hygiene Association, 1917-1918.
265Anti-vice: Constitution, reports, outlines - Texas Social Hygiene Association.
266Anti-vice: General correspondence, Texas Congress of Mothers, 1917.
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18267Anti-vice: Circular letters.
268Anti-vice: Financial statements.
269Anti-vice: Lists.
270Anti-vice: Reports, resolutions, outlines, minutes.
271Anti-vice: Laws
272Anti-vice: Photographs - saloons, San Antonio "inspection" house.
273Anti-vice: Pamphlets, literature.
274Anti-vice: Pamphlets, literature.
275Anti-vice: Clippings.
276Anti-vice: Clippings.
277Anti-vice: Clippings.
278Anti-vice: Miscellaneous materials.
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19279WCTU - correspondence with Nannie W. Curtis, 1917-1918; Anti-Saloon League - correspondence.
280Prohibition materials.
281Prohibition clippings.
282Child Welfare: General correspondence, 1918-1919.
283Child Welfare: Circular letters - Council of National Defense and Dept. of Labor.
284Child Welfare: Materials and literature.
285Labor: General correspondence with Women's Trade Union League and other labor organizations, 1917-1919.
286Labor: Press releases - National Women's Trade Union League.
287Labor: Press releases - U.S. Dept. of Labor; National Federation of Federal Employees.
288Miscellaneous correspondence: Prison reform; education; Texas Women Bankers Assn.
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20289War Efforts: Liberty Loan, general correspondence, 1917.
290War Efforts: Liberty Loan, circular letters, 1917.
291War Efforts: Liberty Loan, general correspondence, 1918.
292War Efforts: Liberty Loan, circular letters, 1918.
293War Efforts: Liberty Loan, financial records.
294War Efforts: Liberty Loan, organizational materials.
295War Efforts: Liberty Loan, general correspondence, 1919, undated correspondence, miscellaneous notes.
296War Efforts: Liberty Loan, literature.
297War Efforts: Liberty Loan, state reports.
298War Efforts: Liberty Loan, Texas report and index.
299War Efforts: Liberty Loan, clippings.
300War Efforts: National Surgical Dressings Committee, correspondence, 1917; War Work Council, 1918.
301War Efforts: Food Conservation, general correspondence and correspondence with Mary E. Gearing, State Organizer, 1917-1918.
302War Efforts: Food Conservation, organization outline and literature.
303War Efforts: Thrift Committee, miscellaneous materials.
304War Efforts: Conservation and Thrift, clippings.
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21305War Efforts: Council of National Defense, correspondence and miscellaneous materials.
306War Efforts: Council of National Defense, Newsletters, Women's Committee.
307War Efforts: War Savings Committee, correspondence, 1917-1918.
308War Efforts: War Saving Committee, materials.
309War Efforts: Women's Overseas Hospital Unit, correspondence and other material.
310War Efforts: Americanization materials.
311War Efforts: Miscellaneous materials.
312War Efforts: Clippings; copy of Reconnaissance.
313Democratic Party: Woodrow Wilson, correspondence, 1918.
314Democratic Party: Woodrow Wilson, clippings.
315Democratic Party: Miscellaneous materials, 1916-1918.
316Texas Woman's Democratic League, correspondence, 1918.
317Democratic Party: Gubernatorial Candidates, 1920 - Correspondence, materials, concerning Pat Neff.
318Democratic Party: Pat Neff, clippings.
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22319Democratic Party: 1920 Gubernatorial Candidates - R. E. Thomason, correspondence with MFC, 1917-1920.
320Democratic Party: Thomason for Governor, correspondence, 1920.
321Democratic Party: Thomason for Governor, correspondence, 1920.
322Democratic Party: Thomason for Governor, correspondence, concerning campaign organization, 1920.
323Democratic Party: Thomason for Governor, clippings and handouts.
324Democratic National Convention, 1920, correspondence.
325Democratic National Convention, 1920, campaign literature.
326Democratic National Convention, 1920, campaign literature and speeches.
327Miscellaneous correspondence: Women's organizations; Texas Federation of Women's Clubs.
328Miscellaneous Materials: Women's organizations; Texas Federation of Women's Clubs.
329Miscellaneous correspondence: University matters, 1917.
330Clippings: University matters, 1917.
331Miscellaneous correspondence: Cato Sells, 1919.
332Miscellaneous correspondence: Anna Shaw Tribute; Good Roads Committee, other.
333Miscellaneous correspondence: League of Women Voters.
334Miscellaneous materials: League of Women Voters.
335Miscellaneous correspondence: Cunningham.
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23336Miscellaneous materials: Labor.
337Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - plays, speeches, etc.
338Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - issues of Woman Citizen, Maryland Suffrage News.
339Miscellaneous materials: political - issues of Bob Schuler's Free Lance concerning Ferguson, Hobby or suffrage.
340Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - clippings and news releases, state and party campaigns.
341Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - clippings and news releases, state and party campaigns.
342Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - clippings and news releases, state and party campaigns.
343Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - clippings and news releases, state and party campaigns.
344Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - Legislative petitions, Galveston, Dallas counties.
345Miscellaneous materials: suffrage - Legislative petitions, Bexar, Anderson counties.
346Miscellaneous materials: American Red Cross, Block organization, League to Enforce Peace, Military Welfare Commission, etc.
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24347-353Miscellaneours clippings.
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25354-358Miscellaneous clippings.
359Scrapbook: M. F. Cunningham's gubernatorial campaign, 1944.

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